Example sentences of "[adv] but [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | We went in gingerly but as far as one could tell the floor was solid except for the one strip over the missing bit of beam . |
| 2 | As the years pass the disease takes a heavier and heavier toll not only physically but also emotionally as it progresses through the group . |
| 3 | Adele had looked up at him , not quickly but as quickly as she 'd been able . |
| 4 | Similar challenges have been organised previously in London , Canterbury etc but as far as I know this one is a ‘ first ’ for Edinburgh . |
| 5 | No , he had n't but as far as he knew there was no music on there still . |
| 6 | Julie Burchill turns to thriller writing with No Exit ( Mandarin ) ; I am told the sex is there but nowhere near as over the top as in Ambition , but I have n't read it . |